Wow, I'm the person who is the dependable one - the one who is never sick, never misses work, always where I'm suppose to be! Well apparently not this week!
I've been going to the nursing home to see Jim every night after work and for a few hours every day on the weekend. This past Tuesday I had a meeting with the treatment planning team at noon.
So I left work and went to the meeting and while I was there got to visit with Jim during his lunch before he was whisked off to physical therapy. So when the day went long at work, getting out a little later than normal, I thought "well, I saw him today so I will skip going up tonight and give myself a little break and get home a little earlier, maybe eat before 8pm". So I went home, walked the dog and had a small sandwich and relaxed.
About 2am my stomach was churning. I was sick to my stomach and felt I was going to hurl. Nothing was coming up but the uneasiness of my stomach was keeping me awake. When my alarm went off at 6 I got up and thought well, maybe it will pass. OH NO!!!! I didn't make it to a standing position before I hurled in the bucket I got earlier "just in case". Nice!!
Well after a few minutes I felt better. Thought it was a fluke, so I jumped in the shower and thought it will pass. OH NO! Stepped out of the shower and had a rerun of before. So I reluctanly called the boss and said I can't make it today (Wednesday's being one of our busy days). She understood since, well I never call in sick. I called the nursing home and said "Please tell Jim I won't be there today because I am sick".
The next morning feeling a bit better (but not quite 100%) I went into the office to catch up on work that was left for me. No one was woring due to vacations and days off so I knew I wouldn't infect anyone. The longer I worked the more my stomach started feeling bad. I was like "what the heck" and OH NO started rebelling from the other end. I got home before any messy incident and called the nursing home and said "Please tell Jim I won't be there again today because I am still sick".
I slept most of the evening and through the night unable to move well due to very sore bottom. This morning I felt better, not vomiting, no diareha but very shakey and still not feeling like my self. I decided I wanted to give it one more day so not to take any germs to the nursng home to cause any illnesses. Again, "tell Jim I can't make it because I'm still sick". (poor Jim, I haven't seen him in 3 days but he doesn't realize it. Dean went to visit him today and asked if Jim saw me yesterday and Jim responded "Just briefly".
Moral of the story - Don't ever think you are invincible. Germs CAN invade your suit of armour.
Stay Healthy
Nancy
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